History of the Ancient World - #11

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History of the Ancient World
Thursday 12:30-3:30 pm

Into the classroom, Seimei glides effortlessly, posting his scroll for the class discussion.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Built by whom and for what purpose?

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[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

To warn other people not to pick his peas and carrots? See, most people were illiterate back then, so a "no stealing the vegetables" sign would be useless. So he hung the offenders as a warning to anyone else stupid enough to try it.

I think it was a prelude to the modern scarecrow.